A conversation with UNLV’s president, and returning to work in Nevada

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This week, Producer and Reporter Jacob Solis talks with UNLV President Keith Whitfield about his first academic year on the job, and how he plans on handling everything from COVID to the budget to increasing diversity among faculty After that, Host Joey Lovato talks with Reporter Jackie Valley and Assistant Editor Michelle Rindels about people coming back to work, DETR’s reinstated policy that unemployment claimants must be looking for work and how some businesses are struggling to find employees. At the end of the show, D.C. Reporter Humberto Sanchez tells us about the $1.8 trillion American Families Plan, which would expand anti-poverty measures and help middle-class families with things like childcare and more, Humberto also talks about some protests from TPS and DACA recipients happening in D.C.

0:00 - Intro

1:00 - Interview with UNLV President Keith Whitfield

12:25 - Looking for workers and a job search requirement for unemployment claimants

23:00 - D.C. Update

30:00 - Outro/Credits